Odds and Ends — 3 January 2026

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:

Ethereum and Solana set the stage for 2026’s DeFi reboot

BitMine stakes $259M more ETH, pushing validator entry queue near 1M Ether

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Pregnant women hospitalized for COVID-19, and their newborns, have higher complication risk

Politics:

U.S. Captures Venezuelan Leader, Trump Says

https://twitter.com/speechboy71/status/2007388822888386843

- speechboy71

https://twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich/status/2007397293973221861

- itsJeffTiedrich

https://twitter.com/davetroy/status/2007373147927130603

- davetroy

https://twitter.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/2006772434246975601

- highbrow_nobrow

https://twitter.com/nikicaga/status/2007148870439186494

- nikicaga

Yemen escalation reveals rift between Gulf powers Saudi Arabia and UAE

———— The Jack Smith Deposition ————

https://twitter.com/JenniferEValent/status/2007149533114020003

- JenniferEValent

https://twitter.com/tripgabriel/status/2007216317758357867

- tripgabriel

https://twitter.com/HouseJudiciary/status/2007097876162216378

- HouseJudiciary

———— Iran ————

https://twitter.com/GhorbaniiNiyak/status/2007072128076550568

- GhorbaniiNiyak

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

Kevin O’Leary Is Wrong: Americans Care Deeply About Epstein

Podcast: Andrew Weissmann: Epstein Files Release Looks Like a DOJ Cover-Up

https://twitter.com/anthon7yandrews/status/2006949349071425617

- anthon7yandrews

https://twitter.com/lawofruby/status/2007300844757405708

- lawofruby

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/ackocher/status/2007204303249830099

- ackocher

Trump Is the Jan. 6 President

https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/2007100822300303862

- BillKristol

https://twitter.com/noturtlesoup17/status/2007277635077038138

- noturtlesoup17

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/2007086620990922896

- IAPonomarenko

https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/2007202628619645105

- Tendar

———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————

https://twitter.com/SykesCharlie/status/2007090057220366520

- SykesCharlie

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/johnbourscheid/status/2007081600258081043

- johnbourscheid

https://twitter.com/JohnFugelsang/status/2007198330988962140

- JohnFugelsang

No, Trump Is Not Forever

Why the Rules of Power Donald Trump Never Understood, Are Now Destroying Him

The very traits that let mob bosses survive, explain why Trump’s collapse is accelerating.

https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/2007208006480691695

- RadioFreeTom

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2007165142216352057

- atrupar

Serendipity:

https://twitter.com/TheCinesthetic/status/2007154208752185400

- TheCinesthetic

https://twitter.com/cyynapse/status/2005737758376251701

- cyynapse

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